I was really happy with the introducing of the Asura in GW:EN. I loved them, and even when it made completing my mission very hard I sticked to take Vekk with me.

I'm really interested in how the Sylvari will be like. Their description looks promising and I will definitely give them a go. Charr and Norn look like really physical races to me, and I've never been a fan of them. I'll stick to the magicians.

I hope though, that as in many other games they won't make humans "mediocre at everything".

At the same time as not making humans mediocre, I hope they aren't overpowered, but instead every species should be pretty balanced with each having their own strengths or weaknesses that can exploited in battles.

My favorite class in Guild Wars 1 was the Elementalist, however my favorite race is the Charr. I have read their description of what happened to them during the 250years between GW1 and GW2, and I'm sorely disappointed that the class I adore the most, is apart of the most least liked legion. It will be hard for me to get into a character I enjoy (I role-played in GW1 and plan on to in GW2) when being apart of the Flame Legion (now mocked and humiliated with the name the Gold Legion). Nor do I want to be apart of a legion that requires on deceiving others into false beliefs to gain power.

I still like the Charr as a race, but as the legion system goes for GW2, not really my cup of tea.

My main would be a Ranger but I'm not sure what to choose. Definitely not Charr as I don't really like them, especially for my main guy and probably not Asura because I don't really see them as Rangers. So it is most likely between Human, Norn, and Sylvari; I have no idea which one I will choose.

I'll definitely try out a Norn before anything else; I really liked their introduction in Eye of the North and I'm not a big fan of mages at all. I ultimately always play Ranger, but I don't really want to be the really overwhored elf race that the Sylvari will end up being.